Edith Piaf made this song famous and it's one of her biggies. They get a huge sound using only a few guitars and one rhythm drum. Note the beautiful background melody line behind the lead guitar.

I listen to this a lot.

Get into your on-board sequencer and play the parts you cannot one at a time, and then play along to the sequence, job done.

Alternative is to create your own style for the tune and use this. (If you have a style/chord/pre-set sequencer you can also use this with your style to free up your left hand)

Bill

ditto!

Hi Mark, here’s the version that you’ll hear most Latinos getting down to. It’s a cumbia, the most popular version is by “ La Sonora Dinamita”. Either way, it’s very playable with auto accompaniment.

https://youtu.be/mFkUOIfKgwI

Mark, I fell I understand your question – only because I’ve been there. When La Bamba and Quando, Quando, came out I could play the notes, and the chords, and the Kn7000 offered a great style, and I played without error.

After two years of my best effort, this is what I learned.

1-Enjoy Latin music, but you will never do it well.

2-I can improvise fairly well, but Latin impro was different.

3-Music and feel, go together. Latino music is ALL ABOUT FEEL. The singers are players are moving before the music starts. They are feeling what they are going to play – it’s a matter of hitting the first note, and out it comes out – and I love it.

Mark, keep trying, you'll do a better job then I ever did. You have good command of your keyboard.

Just my thoughts, John C.

Hope this helps.

https://musescore.com/user/4735591/scores/1924846

Jerryghr

Being born into a culture will most likely help one interpret and perform the music of that culture but to say that no one else can "do it well" is not only patronizing but also untrue. There are just to many examples to the contrary to substantiate that theory. Do most Latin musicians play Latin music better than their non-Latin counterparts? I'm guessing ABSOLUTELY, but that doesn't mean that someone else that is dedicated to learning and performing this type of music still "can never do it well". JMO.

chas

You can definitely do something similar on an arranger or sequencer.

Hi Mark,
I think if anyone would know if it’s possible to do with a style, it would be Manuel “mdorantes”.

He creates genuine Latin styles and expansion packs for Yamaha keyboards (May have done for Korg also).


These are the sort of packs you can buy for Yamaha, whether there would be something even vaguely suitable, I wouldn’t know.
https://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/sound-and-expansion-libraries/vse?p=2

Also be worth checking out if there are Latin expansion for korgs.


Not the type of styles I Would normally use, I’m into ballroom Latin. Haha

Yes, a style might work, but if you want a rendition to detail of the original song (maybe with a few of your own tweeks) I think you need to do sequencing OR use a MIDI file to play along with..IMHO.